College of Engineering seed grants support multidisciplinary research efforts
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Penn State's College of Engineering recently awarded funding to four projects through its Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants program.
Karen Thole named distinguished professor of mechanical and nuclear engineering
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Karen Thole, professor and department head of mechanical and nuclear engineering, has been named a Penn State distinguished professor.
Predictive kinetic model paves the way for designing microbial factories
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The microbe E. coli gets a bad rap in the food industry, but in the chemical engineering realm, it is one of the most important microorganisms for producing amino acids, bioethanol, vitamins and more. Researchers in Penn State's Chemical and Biological Systems Optimization Lab have developed a near genome-scale kinetic model of Escherichia coli's metabolic processes, which will allow scientists to quickly and efficiently use computer modeling to reliably predict the effect of multiple gene interventions.
Researchers look at ways to improve Pennsylvania bridges
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Every day, millions of Pennsylvania motorists drive on or under one of the Commonwealth’s more than 22,000 bridges without ever thinking about its safety and durability. Researchers at Penn State, in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, however, are thinking about it and are trying to improve the bridges in the process.
Volvo partnership pays off in SuperTruck collaborative effort
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Five years of effort by a partnership of international corporations and universities organized by Volvo have led to the Volvo SuperTruck, a vehicle that achieved an 88 percent improvement in overall efficiency. Penn State engineers were part of this SuperTruck team, and focused on advanced combustion strategies and engine simulation.
College of Engineering welcomes new faculty, continues expansion
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The College of Engineering proudly welcomes the new faculty members who have joined Penn State for the 2016-17 academic year.
Borhan and Bascom receive grant to study respiratory disease in modeled lungs
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Ali Borhan, professor of chemical engineering, and Rebecca Bascom, professor of medicine, have been awarded a Grace Woodward Grant for Collaborative Research in Engineering and Medicine for their proposal “Patient-Specific Diagnosis and Treatment of Respiratory Disease: Expanding the Engineering Toolbox.”
Penn State Harrisburg Summer STEM program wows high school students
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Penn State Harrisburg's two-week Summer STEM Enrichment Program introduced high school students to the different scientific disciplines involved in STEM, helping to give them a better sense of what major they might pursue, what careers are available, and what learning at the university level would be like.
Simulation modeling is cream of the crop for ag researchers
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As the agriculture industry adapts to new technologies, researchers in the College of Agricultural Sciences are finding new ways to use computational simulation models to improve global crop management strategies.
Engineering faculty, staff, alumni to be honored for exceptional contributions
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The College of Engineering will honor faculty, staff and alumni for their outstanding teaching, research, advising and service on April 27 at the Nittany Lion Inn.
Collaboration, research key to managing invasive species
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Invasive species, such as gypsy moth and emerald ash borer, have had devastating effects on Pennsylvania's forests, and the keys to combatting these threats are active management, collaboration and research, according to U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson. Thompson made his remarks during a forum on invasive forest species that he sponsored Feb. 5 on Penn State's University Park campus.